Toptal reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(756 total reviews)
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Taso DuVal

61% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Toptal has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 756 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Toptal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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756 reviews
1.0
Dec 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

With the constant turnover it’s not difficult to get promoted if you stick around. WFH can be nice but it’s tough to get to know your colleagues and a lot of companies offer WFH nowadays

Cons

There are too many to list. The biggest one is the management team is horrible. Most of them have fancy degrees but they were washouts from their previous companies. Now they try to pretend they’re so much better than everyone else that works here. Probably due to being treated that way at their last job. You essentially have to be a cult follower to succeed at Toptal. A lot of employees pretend this is an elite company but many of us know no one would ever work here if they had an offer from an actual good company. It’s hard to say whether Toptal will even exist in a few years. There are so many similar companies. Toptal has tried suing several of them. This has resulted in embarrassing PR for the firm because our claim is so frivolous.

1.0
Jul 20, 2022

Avoid at all costs

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can't think of a pro

Cons

Extremely toxic culture. The negative reviews are NOT subjective for this organization, believe them because they are completely accurate.

2.0
Jun 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Fully remote for all roles (company has no offices) - Generally good to above market base pay - Friendly co-workers

Cons

- Frequent layoffs with little to no clear rationale. Many teams have lost over half their headcount over the last 2-3 quarters. - Benefits including healthcare and 401K match have gone away, and salaries have been frozen for over a year - Most of senior sales leadership has quit / resigned over past 6 months, current morale is rock bottom - Culture of fear well established from the top down - Absolutely no vision of the future. Toptal hit it big during the pandemic when customers were craving remote tech talent. Since then, there has been zero innovation and Toptal has become just another staffing company.

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